Global burden of rheumatic heart disease

Sohrabi, B; Ranjbar, A

Mitral regurgitation after percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis: A single-center study

Aslanabadi, N; Toofan, M; Salehi, R; Alizadehasl, A; Ghaffari, S; Sohrabi, B; Separham, A; Manafi, A; Mehdizadeh, MB; Habibzadeh, A (2014)

Background: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV) is the gold standard treatment for rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) in that it causes significant changes in mitral valve area (MVA) and improves leaflet mobility. ...

Comparative study between echocardiographic and catheterization findings in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

Toufan, M; Shahsar, L (2008)

We conducted this study to compare the difference and relations of echocardiography and conventional cardiac catheterization results in hemodynamic assessment of patients with MS. A retrospective, cross-sectional and ...

Factors associated with atrial fibrillation in rheumatic mitral stenosis.

Pourafkari, L; Ghaffari, S; Bancroft, GR; Tajlil, A; Nader, ND (2015)

Atrial fibrillation is a complication of mitral valve stenosis that causes several adverse neurologic outcomes. Our objective was to establish a mathematical model to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients ...